A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from El Carril in Argentina on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/04/24 / 2024-04-30 02:09:43 / April 30, 2024 @ 2:09 am UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:09:43 / 2:09 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000mv3f. Event ids that are associated: us6000mv3f. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -65.4994° West, -25.0081° South, depth 10 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Galpón, San Salvador de Jujuy, Palpalá (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 26 km (16 miles) from Salta (c. 512 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from San Salvador de Jujuy (c. 305 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Palpalá (c. 48 200 pop), 7 km (5 miles) from El Carril (c. 9 800 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Chicoana (c. 8 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from El Galpón (c. 8 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 7 km N of El Carril, Argentina.
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